[TangerZ]

Originally Posted by jammies

However, this isn't more than tangentially relevant to the issue of China and Tibet - do I have to make a comprehensive list of all the injustices in the world which I oppose before I'm allowed to criticize? Seriously, we get it already: other nations are not squeaky-clean paragons of righteous conduct, either. However, with the Chinese gov't, not only their ACTIONS are repugnant, but their entire REGIME is evil - they have moved from hardcore totalitarianism since Mao died, but it is still a one-party state which is inefficient and highly corrupt, and which still routinely imprisons, tortures and "re-educates" political dissidents.

Democracies can adopt questionable policies and wage unjust wars, but because the politicians are accountable to the people, in the long run such excesses are corrected. Here, not only have the communists dispossessed the Tibetans and tried to destroy their culture, they not only do not admit culpability, they try to twist the facts so that first of all, their actions are justified, and secondly, the Tibetans are the instigators of the problems! How anyone can believe this is beyond me, it is nothing more than doublespeak and propaganda crafted for their own people, who have been conditioned to accept the most preposterous claims as true as long as they receive government sanction.

Jammies, I am a Tibetan, and that right there is the essence of what I, and many other Tibetans have felt in the past few weeks. Thanks for your informed response.